Unit Outline

Introduces students to the principles and practices used to effectively communicate about research. Learning and assessment activities develop an understanding of the principles of good research communication, and the capabilities required to effectively communicate about research to an interdisciplinary academic audience.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Identify and explain what constitutes best practice in academic knowledge transfer.
2.	Critically evaluate research presentations using agreed criteria.
3.	Incorporate elements of best practice into your own research presentation.
4.	Communicate complex research ideas in both oral and written forms

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)	BMA402

Alterations as a result of student feedback

To Be Determined

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Critique of research presentation	See the MyLO site for the due date	20 %	LO1, LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 2:	Research presentation plan	See the MyLO site for the due date	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 3:	Presentation	See the MyLO site for the due date	50 %	LO1, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Critique of research presentation

Task Description:

This task requires you to reflect on and discuss what constitutes best practice in presenting research. To complete the task you will undertake a critical review of four examples of research presentation. Each example must be of a different type of research presentation (eg TED Talk, research seminar, interview conducted with a researcher, narrated research presentation) Using the template provided, evaluate each presentation. Then write a brief report for each of the four research presentations you reviewed in which you
- Explain how well or poorly it fulfilled the principles of good research communication you learned in the unit.
- Identify one presentation idea or tactic you will incorporate into your own final research presentation.

Task Length:

4000 words (1000 words maximum per evaluation).

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identify effective techniques you have observed from the research presentations you attended.	LO2
2	Use literature on best practice in presenting to evaluate elements of the practice you have witnessed.	LO1, LO2
3	Evaluate what you have learned that can improve your presentation practice,	LO3

Assessment Task 2: Research presentation plan

Task Description:

This task requires you to think critically about the success requirements for presenting research and how well you can meet those requirements in your own research presentations. The task has two components. To address the first component you will develop a written presentation plan detailing best practice in presenting and how you will incorporate what you have learned about best practice into planning for your research proposal presentation. To address the second component you will conduct a critical review of your own first research presentation, which you will deliver in week 1 of the unit. To complete this component, you will review your
own first presentation using the template provided. You will then select one element of research presentation on which to improve and articulate how you intend your final presentation to be stronger on that element than your first presentation was. You will then detail a plan for achieving that development goal in which you explain how you plan to improve your skills on that research component as you deliver the remaining three presentations in the unit.

Task Length:

3000 words maximum (2000 words for part 1, 1000 words for part 2)

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identify elements of knowledge transfer best practice from the literature.	LO1
2	Outline components of your own presentation practice that could be enhanced.	LO3
3	Plan to incorporate the aspects of best practice that you believe will improve your presentation skills.	LO2, LO3

Assessment Task 3: Presentation

Task Description:

This presentation is based on your written research proposal for your dissertation project. This should be developed in association with your supervisor. The purpose of this presentation is for you to use the skills you have learned in the unit to communicate the research focus, theoretical framework and research design of your research project.

Task Length:

20 minutes including questions.

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Explain the research problem you propose to address.	LO1
2	Evaluate the literature to outline your research opportunity and explain you research question(s).	LO1
3	Identify and justify your research design.	LO1
4	Illustrate your potential contribution to the body of literature your proposal evaluated.	LO3
5	Communicate your research effectively in an oral format.	LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.

Required Resources

Required reading materials

There is no prescribed text but there is a list of essential readings that will be available on MyLO. Over and above the essential readngs you are also expected to supplement available readings by seeking additional relevant resources to enhance your knowledge and your assignments.

Recommended reading materials

Bourne, PE, 2007, Ten simple rules for making good oral presnetations, Plos Computational Biology, no. 3, p. e77.

Bryman, A & Bell, E 2015, Business research methods, 4th edn, Oxford University Press, New York, Chapter 29.

Burmak, L, 2011, They snooze, you lose: The educators guide to succesful presentations, Wiley, San Francisco.

Creswell, J W 2016, 30 essential skills for the qualitative researcher, Sage Publications, London, Part 6.

Denholm, C & Evans, T, 2008 Doctorates Downunder, ACER. Camberwell Victoria, Ch. 18.

Ghauri, P & Gronhaug, K, 2005, Research methods in business studies: a practical guide, Prentice Hall

Gosling, P & Lambertus, DN, 2010, Mastering your PhD, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Ch 12.

Miller, J, 2013, ‘Oral Academic Presentation Skills’, Flinders University, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRaPmO6TlaM

Polonsky, M & Waller, D, S 2011, Designing and Managing a Research Project, Part III, Sage Publications, London. VideoJug, 2007

How to give a good presentation’, Kingston College, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRaPmO6TlaM

Santolalla, O, 2019, Create and deliver a killer product demo: Tips and tricks to wow your customers. Springer eBooks, (electronic source UTas library)

A number of Youtube clips are included above but there are numerous clips to choose from so please search.

Other required resources

In addition to the texts/software recommended above, you are also expected to be familiar with the key academic journals in the discipline from which useful insights may be derived. It is unlikely that presentation tips will be available but it is good to familiarise yourself with key journals in your discipline area. In particular, you are encouraged to review regularly the relevant papers that are published in:

Abacus: A Journal of Accounting Finance and Business Studies.
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review
Accounting and Business Research
Accounting and Finance
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
Accounting Organisations and Society
Annals of Tourism Research
Asia Pacific Journal of Management
Australian Accounting Review
Contemporary Accounting Research
Current Issues in Tourism
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
European Journal of Marketing
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management Journal
Human Resource Management Review
International Journal of Human Resource Management
Industrial Marketing Management
International Journal of Consumer Studies
International Journal of Research in Marketing
Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Small Business Economics: An entrepreneurship journal
Tourism Management